An example of ill-conditioning in the numerical solution of singular perturbation problems
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Abstract:
The use of finite-difference methods is considered for solving a singular perturbation problem for a linear ordinary differential equation with an interior turning point. Computational results demonstrate that such problems can lead to very ill-conditioned matrix equations.References
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- © Copyright 1971 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Math. Comp. 25 (1971), 271-283
- MSC: Primary 65L05
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1971-0297142-0
- MathSciNet review: 0297142